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Title: The Complete Photo Guide to Sewing (Singer Sewing Reference Library) by The Editors of Creative Publishing international, Singer ISBN: 0-86573-173-X Publisher: Creative Publishing International Pub. Date: 15 August, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best for the Money
Comment: I am a sewing teacher for adults. This is the book I recommend to my students as an adjunct to the class. The photos are excellent and nearly everything is included. Several of the reviews said you can't learn to sew from the book. Learning to sew or expanding your knowledge of sewing demands guidance from an instructor or other experienced person plus good printed references, too. To me, this is the best all around basic book in print today. It can always be supplemented with specialty texts and fliers available at fabric shops. Of course, if you already own the Singer specialty books this one will be a repeat and not as good for your needs.
Rating: 1
Summary: This book is not complete
Comment: It is a compilation of excerpts from the other titles in the Singer Sewing Reference Library. Since I have those books, this book just repeated (exact same text & pictures) information that I already have, only, as I said, not as complete, because they're just excerpts. I highly recommend the individual books in the Singer Series, which are much more informative, but I can't recommend this rehash. Also, I feel that the description should mention somewhere that the book is excerpted from other books, because then I would have known not to buy it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Worth owning, but could be better.
Comment: I'm a beginning sewer (*very* beginning) and I purchased this book to help me with all the things patterns don't explain. Some sections have been extremely helpful (zippers, hems) and some are disappointing (sleeves, collars.) In general, the big problem is that a technique that needs 5-10 pictures (including the finished product!) has only 2-3 photos of critical steps. Those are useful, but I often find myself struggling to imagine what they're trying to accomplish. I'm not aware of a better illustrated guide, so I'm still glad I purchased this book. As far as I can tell sewing is a lot like writing code -- you just have to screw it up by yourself in order to learn much. Maybe if I ever master one of the trickier things in the book, I'll videotape it and put the video on the web. ;-)
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Title: Simplicity's Simply the Best Sewing Book by Anne Marie Soto, Martha Vaughan, Simplicity Pattern Company ISBN: 073942100X Publisher: Bookspan Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The New Sewing Essentials (Singer Sewing Reference Library) by The Editors of Creative Publishing international ISBN: 0865733082 Publisher: Creative Publishing International Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title:Singer 611 Universal Carrying Case ASIN: B00005NWQT Publisher: Singer List Price(USD): $29.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $19.99 |
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Title: New Complete Guide to Sewing: Step-By-Step Techniques for Making Clothes and Home Accessories by Editors of Reader's Digest ISBN: 0762104201 Publisher: Readers Digest Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: 101 Essential Tips: Basic Sewing by Chris Jefferys, Inc Dk Publishing, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Deni Bown ISBN: 0789419777 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.00 |
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